Testing Pays Off

[KC]

Bruno Junqueria went fastest today in testing at Nazareth. Ganassi does a lot of testing at Nazareth and obviously has a good setup for the track. Its good to see the rookie get on the pace.

Results from first practice....

1) Bruno Junqueira, No. 4 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Toyota/Lola, 20.485sec/166.248mph
2) Helio Castroneves, No. 3 Marlboro Team Penske Honda/Reynard, 20.680/164.681
3) Kenny Brack, No. 8 Shell Team Rahal Ford/Lola, 20.716/164.395
4) Max Papis, No. 7 Miller Lite Team Rahal Ford/Lola, 20.798/163.747
5) Michel Jourdain Jr., No. 16 Herdez/Corona Extra Bettenhausen Ford/Lola, 20.841/163.409
6) Gil de Ferran, No. 1 Marlboro Team Penske Honda/Reynard, 20.942/162.261
7) Oriol Servia, No. 22 Sigma Autosport Ford/Lola, 21.033/161.917
8) Paul Tracy, No. 26 Team KOOL Green Honda/Reynard, 21.058/161.725
9) Bryan Herta, No. 77 Zakspeed/Forsythe Racing Ford/Reynard, 21.071/161.625
10) Dario Franchitti, No. 27 Team KOOL Green Honda/Reynard, 21.142/161.082
11) Jimmy Vasser, No. 40 Patrick Racing Toyota/Reynard, 21.179/160.801
12) Christian Fittipaldi, No. 11 Kmart Newman/Haas Racing Toyota/Lola, 21.235/160.377
13) Cristiano da Matta, No. 6 Texaco/Havoline Newman/Haas Racing Toyota/Lola, 21.278/160.053
14) Tora Takagi, No. 5 Pioneer/Denso Walker Racing Toyota/Reynard, 21.299/159.895
15) Nicolas Minassian, No. 12 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Toyota/Lola, 21.302/159.872
16) Tony Kanaan, No. 55 Hollywood Mo Nunn Racing Honda/Reynard, 21.324/159.707
17) Adrian Fernandez, No. 51 Tecate/Quaker State Fernandez Racing Honda/Reynard, 21.444/158.814
18) Michael Andretti, No. 39 Team Motorola Honda/Reynard, 21.472/158.607
19) Alex Zanardi, No. 66 Pioneer Mo Nunn Racing Honda/Reynard, 21.657/157.252
20) Alex Tagliani, No. 33 Player's/Forsythe Racing Ford/Reynard, 21.747/156.601
21) Scott Dixon, No. 18 Powerware PacWest Racing Toyota/Reynard, 21.767/156.457
22) Max Wilson, No. 25 winnerB2B.com Arciero/Brooke Racing Phoenix/Reynard, 21.813/156.127
23) Roberto Moreno, No. 20 Visteon Patrick Racing Toyota/Reynard, 21.821/156.070
24) Patrick Carpentier, No. 32 Player's/Forsythe Racing Ford/Reynard, 21.966/155.040
25) Shinji Nakano, No. 52 Avex/Alpine Fernandez Racing Honda/Reynard, 22.299/152.724
26) Mauricio Gugelmin, No. 17 Nextel PacWest Racing Toyota/Reynard, Withdrew

Thanks to Speedvision for results.

[floid2000]

Chip can take a driver from out of the blue and make him a champion. .....Jimmy , Alex , Juan ,This guy could be the next CART Champion

[R]

Not if he keeps on spinning on the opening lap, he can't

Still, glad to see that the opening lap incident didn't create a pile-up, it could have been a lot worse.